Reply to: ANyone contracted with Tech Mahindra and/or Talk Talk

[SueEllen]

they have to have matching skills? that would be novel!

Some people are better story writers than others....

[vetran]

Funny, Wipro seemed to have no problem doing it at my last client. Didn't seem to matter what role was available, they always seemed to have someone that could fill it, straight off the plane and no matching no skills whatsoever.

they have to have matching skills? that would be novel!

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Tech Mahendra AND Talk Talk? That has to be a match made in hell.....

[SueEllen]

Funny, Wipro seemed to have no problem doing it at my last client. Didn't seem to matter what role was available, they always seemed to have someone that could fill it, straight off the plane and no matching no skills whatsoever.

Yep seen that as well.

[meridian]

T2 ICT isn’t a easy option, takes ages to get a sponsorship licence, assign a COS, pass resident market test, pay them 30-40k depending on subtype, doesn’t lead to ILR, certainly no start next week scenarios here.

Not like for like....

Funny, Wipro seemed to have no problem doing it at my last client. Didn't seem to matter what role was available, they always seemed to have someone that could fill it, straight off the plane and no matching no skills whatsoever.

[sal]

T2 ICT isn’t a easy option, takes ages to get a sponsorship licence, assign a COS, pass resident market test, pay them 30-40k depending on subtype, doesn’t lead to ILR, certainly no start next week scenarios here.

Not like for like....

They can easily but them on 30-40k salary on paper, then withhold most of it for company provided amenities etc. And they don't care if the slaves workers will get ILR or not, they just grab a fresh batch after 1 year.

[stek]

T2 ICT isn’t a easy option, takes ages to get a sponsorship licence, assign a COS, pass resident market test, pay them 30-40k depending on subtype, doesn’t lead to ILR, certainly no start next week scenarios here.

Not like for like....

[Platypus]

I assumed it might be to do some token interviews with indigenous Brits, conclude that unaccountably none are suitable, which then gives them a supposedly valid excuse to ship in more ICT visa guys for the work.

That's how I thought these things worked.

[cojak]

These days they are also indulging in another scam. They harvest out the CV's from a genuine consultant and then modify their ICT visa chaps CV to match it word by word to make it look genuine. You will submit your CV and not hear anything anymore. I have even found my linkedin profile copied word by word.

Bloody hell!

How did you discover that? Put a sentence from your profile into LI search?

[Lance]

I recently worked with TCS (Tata). Their network architect from the TCS Centre Of Excellence was very good.
He had previously worked for Tech Mahindra in the UK. He said TCS were far better (not much of a recommendation really).

Tech Mahindra are partnered with BT so it does seem odd that they'd be looking for a native as BT would normally be used to provide locals.

Swerve it (I think you already reached that conclusion).

[OwlHoot]

My argument still stands, they aren’t contractors like us nor can they ever be.

They will be employees of a consultancy, different animals.

Hmm, so if I was desperate enough to accept a contract offer with Tech Mahindra (which I'm not, thank God, as my current contract still has months to run, with every chance of renewal) I'd be at the very least fair and square inside IR35.

It's a shame in a way though, as the work on this project looks quite interesting and would revitalize one or two rusty skills on my CV.

[stek]

They'll be permies for Tech Mahindra, and contractors as far as Talk Talk are concerned.

My argument still stands, they aren’t contractors like us nor can they ever be.

They will be employees of a consultancy, different animals.

[Mordac]

Can’t contract on an ICT visa, how many times....

They'll be permies for Tech Mahindra, and contractors as far as Talk Talk are concerned.

[stek]

Can’t contract on an ICT visa, how many times....

[fullyautomatix]

That was very much my supposition/suspicion. But I wondered what the dodgy reason could be.

I assumed it might be to do some token interviews with indigenous Brits, conclude that unaccountably none are suitable, which then gives them a supposedly valid excuse to ship in more ICT visa guys for the work.

These days they are also indulging in another scam. They harvest out the CV's from a genuine consultant and then modify their ICT visa chaps CV to match it word by word to make it look genuine. You will submit your CV and not hear anything anymore. I have even found my linkedin profile copied word by word.